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polyphonic Whenever he needed something calming, he would put on some quiet polyphonic music from the Renaissance and just let the voices waft over him. ˌpɑˌlɪˈfɑnɪk

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Referring to a style of music in which two or more melodies are sung or played against each other in harmony. Since poly- means “many” (see POLY), polyphonic music has “many voices.” In polyphony, each part has its own melody, and they weave together in a web that may become very dense; a famous piece by Thomas Tallis, composed around 1570, has 40 separate voice parts. Polyphony reached its height during the 16th century with Italian madrigals and the sacred music of such composers as Tallis, Palestrina, and Byrd. Usually when we speak of polyphony we're talking about music of Bach's time and earlier; but the principles remain the same today, and songwriters such as the Beatles have sometimes used polyphony as well

word	polyphonic
definition	Referring to a style of music in which two or more melodies are sung or played against each other in harmony.
eg_sentence	Whenever he needed something calming, he would put on some quiet polyphonic music from the Renaissance and just let the voices waft over him.
explanation	Since poly- means “many” (see POLY), polyphonic music has “many voices.” In polyphony, each part has its own melody, and they weave together in a web that may become very dense; a famous piece by Thomas Tallis, composed around 1570, has 40 separate voice parts. Polyphony reached its height during the 16th century with Italian madrigals and the sacred music of such composers as Tallis, Palestrina, and Byrd. Usually when we speak of polyphony we're talking about music of Bach's time and earlier; but the principles remain the same today, and songwriters such as the Beatles have sometimes used polyphony as well
IPA	ˌpɑˌlɪˈfɑnɪk

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